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When the Fire Fades - Season 5, Episode 67

God speaks, moves, and works — and then real life shows up. What do you do when the spiritual high fades and the enemy is already at the door? Pastor Andrew Calabrese examines Elijah’s swift collapse after the victory on Mount Carmel, drawing a direct line between the prophet’s experience and the believer’s life after any significant moment of spiritual clarity. The central conviction is this: a decision made in a moment only becomes real when it is walked out in ordinary life. Resist isolation, remember what God said, and keep moving forward — because God’s faithfulness doesn’t expire when the feeling does.

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Purposeful Parenting | The Root of the Problem: Indulgence - Episode 13

The starting place in parenting is to look in a mirror and examine our own character and discipline before we impose something on our children. If we can't ask our children to emulate us, we have a problem. We ought to desire to be the chief influence in the lives of our children. The hope of the future is not our children but those who are training them. Failure to restrain and train ourselves and our own appetites is the root of most problems in parenting. Your children need you to be what they are not so that one day they can be what you are.

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